Joint use libraries, also known as Combined libraries, Dual use libraries, Comanaged libraries or Cooperative libraries, are a special form of library cooperation. Joint-use libraries are those where two separate library service providers use the same building to serve distinct clienteles. Such libraries are most often public libraries combined with school library media centers or public libraries combined with academic libraries, but other types exist.

Joint use libraries, also known as Combined libraries, Dual use libraries, Comanaged libraries or Cooperative libraries, are a special form of library cooperation. Joint-use libraries are those where two separate library service providers use the same building to serve distinct clienteles. Such libraries are most often public libraries combined with school library media centers or public libraries combined with academic libraries, but other types exist.

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For a quick, general overview of the literature on Joint Use libraries, the [http://www.ala.org/library/fact20.html ALA Library Fact Sheet 20: Joint-Use Libraries: A Bibliography] provides a good start.

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===Sources===

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For a quick, general overview of the literature on Joint Use libraries, the [http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet20.htm ALA Library Fact Sheet 20: Joint-Use Libraries: A Bibliography] provides a good start.

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===Readings and Resources===

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Additional, or newer, references:

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[http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/comblibs.html Combined School and Public Libraries: Guidelines for Decision Making, Introduction and Addenda] -- [http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/pdf/comblibs.pdf "Combined School and Public Libraries: Guidelines for Decision Making (full text; PDF), Second Edition – May 1998"]. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Last updated on 2/25/2008.

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Anne Jordan, [http://governing.com/archive/2005/aug/library.txt "Double Booking: A City and a University Sharing a Library? It's not Easy, but San Jose is Doing It,"] ''Governing Magazine'' (Aug. 2005)

Fontenot, Mitchell J. 2007. "[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plapublications/publiclibraries/pastissues/pl_46n4.pdf A Case For an Integrated Model of Community College and Public Use Libraries]." (pdf) ''Public Libraries'' 46, no. 4: 46-49.

Haycock, Ken. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_4_54/ai_n26915945/?tag=content;col1 "Dual-Use Libraries: Guidelines for Success"]. ''Library Trends'' Vol. 54, no. 4 (Spring 2006): 488-500. ABSTRACT: Combined school and public libraries have been studied extensively for more than thirty years. Common advantages and disadvantages, together with typical problems, have been identified.

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Jordan, Anne. "Double Booking: A City and a University Sharing a Library? It's not Easy, but San Jose is Doing It." ''Governing Magazine'', August 2005.

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Joint use libraries, also known as Combined libraries, Dual use libraries, Comanaged libraries or Cooperative libraries, are a special form of library cooperation. Joint-use libraries are those where two separate library service providers use the same building to serve distinct clienteles. Such libraries are most often public libraries combined with school library media centers or public libraries combined with academic libraries, but other types exist.

Haycock, Ken. "Dual-Use Libraries: Guidelines for Success". Library Trends Vol. 54, no. 4 (Spring 2006): 488-500. ABSTRACT: Combined school and public libraries have been studied extensively for more than thirty years. Common advantages and disadvantages, together with typical problems, have been identified.

Jordan, Anne. "Double Booking: A City and a University Sharing a Library? It's not Easy, but San Jose is Doing It." Governing Magazine, August 2005.